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Hawaii's nuclear missile scare showed that the state began testing alerts before fully developing a plan to address the ballistic missile threat and that a public outreach campaign months earlier wasn't effective, said a report released Tuesday. (Feb. 21)

User experience matters. Nowhere is this clearer than in the case of the accidental missile launch warning that was sent to all of Hawaii. Here’s a copy of the the actual screen that was used by technicians to send out alerts of various types: It is easy to mock the technician who sent out the […]
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Jeffrey Wong says despite what you’ve seen on the Internet, he was not the guy who set off an alert that mistakenly warned of a ballistic missile headed to Hawaii last month. Due to mistaken identity, Wong says he has been receiving threats. (Feb. 6)

HONOLULU (AP) — When an erroneous alert was sent out last month telling people in Hawaii that there was an incoming ballistic missile, Jeffrey Wong was an island away from the state's emergency management agency office where he works...Show More Summary

A tsunami warning test was accidentally sent as a real alert to the phones of residents along the US East and Gulf Coasts and the Caribbean on Tuesday -- just weeks after a false missile alert triggered panic in Hawaii. The NationalShow More Summary

It's only been a few weeks since a false warning told Hawaiians that a missile attack was headed for their state, but another mistaken alert has been sent out into the world. Earlier this morning, an emergency tsunami alert was issued to East Coast residents via the widely-used Accuweather service. Show More Summary

HONOLULU (AP) — When an erroneous alert was sent out last month telling people in Hawaii that there was an incoming ballistic missile, Jeffrey Wong was an island away from the state's emergency management agency office where he works...Show More Summary

The man responsible for sending out the emergency alert text message to all Hawaii residents that urged them to take shelter due to an incoming ballistic missile attack has been fired. The former state employee, who is in his 50s, has...Show More Summary

The emergency management worker in Hawaii responsible for sending out a mistaken alert last month warning of an incoming missile said Friday that he was convinced the threat was real and was “100 percent sure” at the time that he was doing the right thing.

A former Hawaii state worker who sent a false missile alert last month said he's devastated about causing panic but was "100% sure" at the time that the attack was real. The man in his 50s spoke to reporters on the condition that he not be identified because he fears for his safety after receiving...